Sunday, July 9, 2017

Essentially, Music is a Contract...A Form of Legislation.

"Essentially, music is a contract...a form of legislation. For any form of notation to be effective, there must be an agreed set of components or elements."

"Small can be complex:

Consciousness is valuable to us. Indeed, it is arguably the most valuable thing of all: it is what allows us to enjoy our interactions with the world, and it is what confers moral status upon us.

If consciousness was not preserved by the mind-uploading process, it is difficult to see why we would care. So consciousness is a necessary condition for a valuable form of mind-uploading. That does not, however, make it a sufficient condition.